FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
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WASHtNCTON
memorandom
January 2.0» 1967
XOj The Honorable
J. Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington 25, D. C«
fen Attached, for your information, and any action deemed appropriate,
Is material listed below which may be of Interest to you.
{ } We would like to be advised of any Information coming to your
^ ' attention relative to this matter.
j I This office contenqplates no further action on this matter at
this time.
Sincerely,
•II
G. Marvin Gentile
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Security
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1. Copy of January 13, 1967 issue of The Herala of Freedom
Subject: J'." Edgar Hoover vs. Robert F. Kennedy Volume X No. 12
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JANUARY 13, 1M7
VOLUMf X HOm 12
J. EDGAR HOOVER vs. ROBERT F. KENNEDY
A c<mtrcv«ray of mojor jwoportioQS bas devel-
oped whiob tavoleee Ibe trutbruloese and integri^
of the advecsariea. Aa U.S. NEWS AND WORLD
REPORT stated os December 26. 1966. **Now out is
the open and beading toward a public abowdown is a
dispute that could prove important to the political
future of Senator Robert P. Kennedy (Dem.),of New York.
**The issue: Did Mr. Kennedy, when be was U.S.
Attorney General, authorize tbs Federal Bureau of
Investigation to use electronic eavesdropping deinoes
- which are knows as *buga* - is aiaking criainal
investigations?
**J. Edgar Hoover, longtioe Director of the FBI.
says Mr. Kennedy did.
**Mr. Kennedy says he didn't.
“Senator F.dwaid V. Long (Dea.), of Miasouri,
says he will invite both to testify before his sub>
cotoDittee which is investigating *invaaiona of pri-
vacy' by electronic snooping.'*
The devious progress of Robert P. Kennedy to
tie point where he can hope to win the presidential
nenination in 1968 started with the plane of an anbi-
tlous father. Back in the early 1930's Joseph Kennedy.
Sr. was s heavy financial contributor and a strong
supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt in bis first try
for th« presidency. Already s nulB'iamionaire,
Kennedy Sr. had an obsessios to establish the
Kennedy fanily as s poUticsl dynasty, ouch as
royally was created in the past, by seizing power.
After Franklin D. Roosevelt ascended to the
highest office in the U.S. Government in 1983, Joseph
Kennedy. Sr. was appointed to several government
positions, finally becoming Ambassador to Great
Hriuin in 1937. His oldest son, Joseph. Jr., was .
originally selected for the political careerwhich was
to end in the Whits House. Joseph Jr. was sent to
the London School of Economics (Fabias Socialist)
wi'H^re Harold LaaU made him his protege, taking
him to Moscow to inlroduco him to the important
Soviet leaders. I.aaki. a Fsbiss'^ocialist leader,
worked closely with P^r■Ii* Frankfurter who was respoo*
siblo for introducini Algety. Hiss into government
service as well as bihers 9 f cuestionable loyalty to
the LTnited States. \ (T/ 2 9 O ^
whst was going os there. Later at Oakland. Califor-
nia, bo becamo s close sssocisto of J.. Robert
Oppenheimer sad a ''group** operating at Oakland.
Cnfoiiunstely, Joseph Jr. was killed, aallifying all
tbs werk that went into building him op. so the next
in tine was called upon. This was Jobs who finally
'mads tha grade. John, of courso, was al»o seat tw
the London School of Economics and was also a
special protege of Harold Lsski. Reportedly John
was not politically ambitious but was conpiyiag
with his father's wishes when he embarked on a
political career after hia atiot ae a newspaper un.
Robert Keanedy, however, was politically ambi-
tious but had to stay in the background while hia
brother was being maneuvered into the presidency.
Reportedly he was jealous and resentful and insisted
on being made Attorney General when hia brother
became President. This JFK did against the advice
of wiser mea than he and the American public was
shocked. The position of Attorney General gave
Bobby access to confidential recoeda and power
which he used to tho hilt. He sssomed more and
more power, injecting his influence end decisions
into other government departments, including the
State Department, Defease Department and lYeae-
uiy Department.
Tha Attorney General's office, under Robert
Kennedy, became the place where deciatuiu were
made and foreign diplomats beat a path to Bobby's
'offico rather than the White House. Bobby, whose
pollsters must have said. “Go left, young man.'*
has indeed done just that with a vengeance. Being
politically wise, he baa built a power structure cen-
tered around the Kennedy family, bringing several
members of the family into governmeDt service. We
can only hope that Teddy and his wife, who ere
much more sttrsetive end sympathetic, will aot
cross their smbitioue brother up for tbero are Ikes#
who can testify that it doesn't pay, even those whm
are unable to testify at alU . .
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When Bobby Kennedy, pipaqueek turned Attor-
ney General, took office, the FBI was ordered to cut
the United Slates. .4 **• of tho Comaiuniot Coe-
^ pi racy. The N.Y. TIMES, when Bobby left the office
Joseph Jr^,jMdm,»leSAal left-wing rounds that ' ^i^Attomey Ganeral, stated that he had saved t^e
seem to be oecesiai^f 9 <;.aa^one aspiring to becooie govemamiit money in not wasting time inveattgatiog
Preaideot of the Ufnt^ Staten. Ha went to Spain eommuaista. It was Bobby who disfaaadod a special
during the Spanish Bevolutioo, sllegedly to *** Hollywood ealebritiee wkm*
«•!* fiiwa(bia( coMmuiUto *>|f| tioM. It ww
BoU»y> liricad, doha F. R«iU)r.\ytbw SUI« D«p«ft>
mmtt, who uraiiftd to faovo Otto telephono
Upp^ illegally aad wIm atkfedl^^WBiUed parjiuy
when he test^Aod befoco the Seoate lataraal Seeority
subcoamiUee aad waa t h e ta fore forced to leaiga. He
rated for petjuiy hy his friend Bobby
hut was actoaUy ^«ea aaotfaeicuahy fonpenuaeni job.
Bobby, who was takiaf hie advice and. perhaps,
ordeia, froa iaportaat leftiats, had decided that
Lyndon Johaaon, thea Vice President, should not
be allowed another term in ofRce. Since it waa
deaired that LBJ should be replaced by a more acceptr
able man, reportedly Arthur Goldberg. Bobby under>
took to discredit LBJ with the investigation of the
Billy Sol Estes and Bobby Baker cases. These
scandalous cases were to be used U> prevent LBJ
from .receiving the Vice-PresidenGal lenomination.
The aaaassination of John F. Kennedy, however,
upset all these plans, LBJ was now the President
of the United States, in a position to remove Bobby
which he did with ns much speed as protocol allowed.
After the nesansiaatioe of JFR. Bobby found
himself in the poeition of being under the very man
be had set out to destroy. While Bobby was Attorney
Genersl it is no secret that there was bad blood
between John Eldgar Hoover, Director of the FBI,
and himself. NEWSWEEK magazine of December 26,
1966. stated: “For years the bad blood ran silent
and deep between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar
Hoover with only an issue to turn their cold war
hou"
J. Edgar Hoover had refused to allow the FBI
to become involved in some of the matters that
Bobby, aa Attorney General, wanted to handle. How>
ever, Bobby had s special detail of men working
under his direct supervision and had n nationwide
private detective agency under confidential con-
tract. This agency had contracts with other govern-
ment departmente and was used to put in eavesdrop-
ping devices where the FBI would not altow themselves
to become involved. This private agency has offices
in a number of large cities and was especially active
in the South. Their wiretapping activities became
so widespread that Congressmen. Senators, news-
papermen nod many patriotic government employees
had reason to believe thel their telephonee were
tapped.
Not only did Bobby Kennedy know of the FBI
wiretspe which were used in national security and
major crime casee, but he also knew of the wide-
spread use of these practices by the Internal Reve-
nue Service, the Departaeot of Health, Education
and Welfare, the Treasury Departaient, the Post
Office DepsrtaieBt and other government agenciee
whose activities have heea brought to light by Sene-
tor Long’s Committee, le e frantic effort to preserve
his public image. Bobby has nude the serious mis-
take of trying to akiil the blame for hie owe actione
ewer to the Ff Edgar Hoover, who has served
aadsr anay pr>V^neats sod Attomeya General eiaca
19M. is BOt allow hie depertaent to be die*
cieditod. Thin w^uvm to be a fight to the fiaiah.
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That Bobby hen hie eye oe the presidency ia
well knowB. LBJ outaaneuveied him at the 1964
Convention aad many think that Bobhy will have to
wait until 1972 but others advnnoa rensoes that he
will try for 1968. The pablicnUoa, WASHC4CTO.S
OBSERVER. tUtee ia its DMcaber 30. I960 issa#: |
’’Incidentally Bobby claims that ha will not,aaka a |
run for the Presidency in 1968 but will wait fto 1972. '
However, sources close to him say that he ia merely p
following the usual Kennedy family strategy of alwaye
aiming at two targets aimultaneouslyand.nt the last
moment, being prepared to make a ligbteain^lika >
deeisioB to hit the target which ia most opportuoe. I
’’One thing needling Bobby to make bis ntab at
the top job early in hie wife, Ethel. When she foend M
out about his romance with the late Marilyn Monroe, rp:
she threatened to divorce him. Bobby has been on
hia good behavior ever since, realizing that a divorce
would kill hia political ambitions.**
By some coincidence the sana date this story
reached the public, the residence and laboratory of .
Bernard B. Spindel, a nationally known wiretapping
expert, were raided by police on charges of illegal
eavesdropping. The WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE p
reported on December 18, 1966, ’’The entire nine- ^
hour police raid on the upstate home of one ot 28
eavesdropping experts indicted Thursday waa itself |
recorded on the expert’s own equipment, the World |
Journal Tribune was told yesterday Bernard B. 'J
Spindel, n nationally known electronics security 7,|.
consultant, did the bugging aa aa eight-man team of
state police and ofiicialn from the office of Franks.
Hogan. New York diatrict attorney, searched his
home and laboratory at Kent Township in Putnam : Iv
County ’There was no need for the search war- .
rant. This was a fishing expedition. They wanted • v
to find out exactly what we have aad they must have 1 1 :
gone through 6.000 pieces of paper before they left !p
about 3:30 p.m.,* said SpindeL”
On Wednesday, December 21* 1966. the N.Y.
TIMES reported that Spindel had asked the N.Y. -I "
State Supreme Court to force the District Attorney to
retian hundreds of items allegedly seized ia the <| -
raids. The TIMES stated, ”In aa affidavit submitted ^
to the court. Bernard Spindel' asserted that soma of
the seized material contained ’tapes and evidence
concerning circumstaocea surrounding and caasea ||
of death of Marilyn Monroe, which strongly saggaata J |
that the officially reported circumntencea .of her ^ | .
demise are erroneous.* ** . i iT'
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Ia addition to the reference to Mine Monroe ia ^
the Spindel affidavit, there waa also a statemeot that ; 'o-
soma of the seized materiel eoataiaed aa origiBal 4
tape recording of a conversaUoa taken ta a car j
(owned and opemted by Mr. ^indel) faetoeea Roh^ >
F. KcBiiiedy; Jmmm» Kelly aad coaceraiof
JaMS Mr. Spiadel allegad tape reeoid-
ief a aad files ia sba Marilya MoBroe deaOi case
eoeteia certa-.n facte and data ia which the names of
Robert F. Kennedy and Peter Lawfoed are mentioiied.
In the book, "The Strance Death of Marilyn
Monme.** the name of Robert. F. Kennedy is featured
and Peter LsmTord ia ahowa as a character reference
tor Patricia Newcomb. Marilya*a press secreUry.
who suddenly went to Europe after Marilyn*s death
and who was put oa the gOTemment payroll slier her
return and was taler assigned to an office next to
Bobby Kennedy's. Miss Newcomb had claimed that
she was with Marilyn most of the twenty-four hours
preceding her death and, after Marilyn's fttneral,
immediately (lew to the Kennedy '^compound'* at
Hyannispart before departing for Europe where she
stayed for six months until all ofllcial investigatione
bad ceased concerning Marilyn's death.
In associating the hallowed name of Kennedy
with the Hollywood star, your editor was the sul^
jeet of much vilificatioa, even by the staid WALL
STREET JOURNAL. However, Mr. Spindel has stated
that his tapes and files (of which he still has extra
copies) support the allegations is the book, and
even go much further. Mr. Spindel also stated that
the tape recording of Robert Kennedy, James Kelly
and himself, having to do with the Hoffa Case,
allegedly shows that Robert Kennedy offered him n
bribe and that the facts have been recorded in an
unpubticized government hearing. ^
' .James Koffe was convicted in Tennessee for
allegedly having tampered with a jury. There are in
existence numerous affidavits showing that employ-
ees of the Department of Justice allegedly tampered
with the jury that was hearing the Hoffa case. The
Congressional Record of May 4. 1964, Page 9699
shown the statement of Congressman Glenn Cunningham
of Nebraska in which he asked and received per-
mission to place into the record an article which
appeared in the Washington EVENING STAR of
Match 4, 1964, entitled. **Aa Odor of Police State
Methods.*' by William S. White. In this article Bobby
Kennedy is held responsible for illegal wiretapping
and federal snoopery over the mail of private persons.
Speaking of the Hoffa trial, Congressman Cunning-
ham stated, "I would like to call to the attention of
my colleagues the unhappy fact that a number of
witnesses who sro available to testify on pertinent
facts regarding the Hoffa trial have been subjected
to various pressures including threats of physicsl
violence, economic reprisal aad other forms of in-
timidatioa.**
If. as appears to he the esso, the trial or fanM>>s
Hoffs- was j gross miscarriage of justice and the
result of a personal vendetta of Bobby Kennedy, the
truth should be mndo public. The csso reeks of
wiretapping, tampering with the jury, bribery and
paid informers. Hoffa has offered a reward of«100,(X)D
for evideaee to presesi to tbs Supreme Court t^k
iltegnl bugging sNs done in his ease. If the Lonf
Committee co«.\r^^ply this evideaee by calliaff
the nunwrotts wiJbosses available, it would be en-
titled to this reward which could then bo used to ’
help the needy familiea of U.S. sarvicemea killed
ia Vietnam by the communist VietCoag to whom Bobigr
Kaanedy ia willing to give bia blood*
Tbeie ia little doabt that Edgar Hoover .■
woold be willing to appear befoca the Loag Com-
mittee to present fapts under oath to support hie
allegations that Robert Kennedy, whea Attorney
General, not only knew about wire Ups and elec-
tronic bugging, but nctnally increased the aamter
used and listened in on some of them. A U3.
Government Memorandum, dated Auguat 17, 1961,
baa been made public oa the aubject of "Micropboam
Surveillances.** It reads: "The Attorney General
was contacted on the morning of August 17, 1961„
'with reference to the situntioo in New York Ci^
concerning the obtaining of leased lines from the
telephone company for use in connection with mi-
crophone survetlUnces. This matter was discussed
with the Attorney General and he was shown n copy
of the proposed letter which would be used. The
Attorney General approved the proposed procedure
in thin regard and personally signed the attached
memorandum evidencing such approval.**
The document with the personal signature of
Robert Kennedy rends aa follows: "In connectioa
with the use of microphone surveillances it is fre-
quently necessary to lease s special telephone line
in order to monitor such a surveillance In the
New York City area the telephone company has over
the years insisted that a letter be furnished to the
telephone company on each occasion when n special
telephone line in leased by the FBI* It is required
that such n lease arrangement be with the approval
of the Attorney General. In the past we have re-
stricted the utilization of leased lines in New York
City to situations involving telephone taps, all of
which have been approved by the Attorney General....
We have not previously us^ leased lines in con-
nection with microphone surveillances If we
are permitted to use leased telephone lines ae an
adjunct to our microphone surveillances (electronic
bugging), this type of coverage can be materially
extended both in security and major criminal cases.
Accordingly, your approval ef our utilizing this
leased line arrangement in requested...** Thim
approval was given by Robert Kennedy*s J)nfs6anl'
signature. • .
. More informatton regarding wiretapping wss
contained in a letter from Representative H.R. Groa»
(Rep.) of Iowa to J. E^gar Hoover. The N.Y. TIMES
of Dee. 31 1966 reported. "In a letter to J. Edgar
Hoover, Director of the Federal Bnreae of laveati-
gatioe, Mr. Gross referred to the long pending case
of Otte Otepkn Testimony before the (Seaatm
Intemnl Security) subcommittee ia November. 1963. |
showed that Mr. Otepkn*e phone bed been tapped ti
Ji HOQVCK <r«. aoBcrr w. kcmmcoy («•
^a'Xm^ aIm Mperio^s suBiMctod twasMpplyUof) .
ttUiAhohsMi BBtertBl to J.c(^lnriao» tho Bub*
ceuiittco cottMeL........H5^etOBUUTO Grooo
wroCo that cho Otcpka caao indicatea *tbo fact that
thero was wiretapping aad eavesdropping doriag the
Keoaedy Alxiaistratioa that bad oo couteetioa with
the F.5-I-. bat apparently did have the approval of
the highest- political appoiatsea of tho Kaonedy
Adaiaistratioa. *** tl c _
' Paul Harvey has ststsd:**Kenaedy, as Attorney
Genera U did soom personal eavetdrof^ing on con-
versations not involving astionsi security. .
there were many tioiea during Kennedy's tenure ns
Attorney Cenetel when J. Edgar Hoover refused
'requests* froa his superior's ofAce. *We cso't do
thst; Genera'll* was ollea ths Director's decision oo
so^e *Tcquest* during those deplorable days when
the Justice Department was a shirtFsIseve part-time
kennel, part'dine nursery, psrtptime touch-footbsU
playpen.**
. Harvey informs us that: "enough confirming
be presented to any interested congressional
eommiitee to disintegrate the Bobby Kennedy fan
ciuo."Theie is a new Congress, having taken office
in January 10. 1967.' All have been sworn to defend
tac Constitution of the United States; all should be
grateful that for forty-one years J. Edgar Hoover hse
done a magrincent job to help hold back the com-
munist t ski -over of our country. He is entitled,
ro careless of political pressures, to have the full
truth brought out and hie name sad record cleared of
charges ...ade by Bobby Kennedy. The American
public also is entitled to know some of the sordid
ceuils of the career and aetivitiee of Bobby, the
caepet-bagging Senator from New York.
There is no doubt but thnt the Manchester
book. "The Death of a President," which has gotten
millions of dollars worth of free publicity, is meant
to glorify the Kennedy# and in particular Robert
Kennedy is said to emerge as s "hero.** Far from
the book really being out of Kennedy control, Robert
AC.inedy haa been reported se stating: "It*s our
auAuscript. and we can release it at our leisure.**
The big furor over it will only increase its sales
and. since it reportedly makes President Johnson
seen like "some kind of a monster,** it ie probably
planned to use the book to torpedo Johnson and
push Bobby into the presidency.
Bobby hns tried to make himself the "leader**
of the "new left" and has been playing up to all the
student "dissenters." He also courts the "minority
groups." A new book concern lag the B’nsi B'rith
containn a. Preface signed by Robert Kennedy in
» :'.'.ch he statee: **To rend *biw laudable history (of
th;' 3*nai B'rith) is to review some of the most suIk
limo momenta in history.. ...... And it is instructive
to know how grudgingly even the minor forma of
man's prejudices yield to reason. As late as 1908.
the author telle ue. The Associated Press was
•drinif- individuals charged with crimes as Je« .
It wan in rnt^t^sn to saek as this thst Sigmund, gv
Livisffton 4 ^^j>Aed formation of s Nationsl Csr»^ '
estuim Commf Jen. Sneh n group was founded as the
Anti^>efemstioa League; sod the ADL's uacesslns. T j
efforts to protect civil rights and civil liberties ban
truly made it n gustdisn of thm American dresm.*^
We doa*t know if Bobby renily wrote thin an he’
done not seem to be able to any mnch if It has nof'^
been prepared for him in advance hy hin**advinere.**^ M
. but he hen signed bis name to it. Fofi. the type. ^
orgnoizntion Bobby calls "guardian of tbs Amnrienn ^
dream," wn can only refer our readera t0 am lasue
eatitl^. "Know Your Encmien*** in which tbn
geatapo-type activitiea of the ADL are expoaed. | '
Wire-tapping and electronic eeveedioppiog by-|i:'
the gpvemment have become an abuse thnt should
bn investigated and thoee respoanble for the abuse . |:^
exposed. Among those from whom the Long
Bkittee could team much are Nh. George Ryan, E^sidenc | v;
of International Inveatigatioos. a nationwide private;
detective agency; Ur. William Miller, vice president
of the same firm (and a friend of Bobby l^nncdy);
Ur. William R. Cathey, chief special agent of thm f
Southern Bell Telephone Company and a fdnaet | ,
P.B.l. agent; Ur. Otto Otepkn of the State Department .
whose telephonea were tapped; Mr.* John Reilly, | -
formerly of the State Department who orderod that |
phone tapping and who could supply the name of -
Mr. X of the C.I.A. who got the Otepkn telephone t '
Up upes; Mr. Billy Hughes of the SUte Department; | ;
and, of course, Mr. Bernard Spindelwho could play | .
some very interesting Upes for the Committee.
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SENATOR ROBERT iS 'KENNEDY
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WIRE-TAPPING CONTROVERSY
INFORMATION CONCERNING
date:
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JOSEPHjJF^ i DOL AN. Administrative Assistant to \
Senator KENNEDY, slipped the writer In the Senate Cafe- \
teria on 1/16/67, at which time greetings were exchanged.
DOLAN was pleasant, as have been other members of the
KENNEDY staff, to the writer personally since the start
of the wire-tapping controversy,
DOLAN asked at one point in the conversation,
"when does the next round start." He was asked to explain
this comment. He stated he was referring to the wire-
tapping controversy. The writer told DOLAN this matter was
something being handled at Bureau Headquarters, and the
writer could make no comment concerning it. DOLAN was
told it v/as believed the Director has made himself abundantly
clear on where the Bureau stands in the above matter. i
DOLAN at this point stated he was extremely
.sorry that this thing had ever come to light. He frankly
thought that his boss, Senator KENNEDY, had been poorly
advised on it. He stated newspaper articles quoting various
persons in the KENNEDY administration who were in the
Department of Justice at the time KENNEDY was Attorney
General made Senator KENNEDY'S position rather ludicrous;
He explained that he felt that many of the statements were
very contradictory and that anyone with an ounce of sense
would know that Senator KENNEDY had full knowledge of all
1 technical devices being used by the FBI.
I DOLAN stated that they were worried and interested In
knowing what Senator LONG, of Missouri, might be planning
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^ncerning the above matter la proposed public hearlnes.
DOLAN was again told that the writer had no knowledge, nor
was he In any position to make any comment, concerning this
It Is rather apparent that the KENNEDY forces
are worried over this matter, and DOLAN was undoubtedly
expedition” to see what information he could
obtain. It was very interesting DOLAN openly admitted to
the writer KENNEDY»s full knowledge of these devices during
our conversation. *
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Mr* J* Edger Hcover
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Dear Mr. Hoover:
Thank you for your prompt response to my letter of December 5, ^ ^ 0
1966, in which I asked for any documentation you might have in§ * :
’connection with Federal Bureau of Investigation use of wiretap^ ' j
and microphones on the authority of the Attorney General of th® *Tj
ttalted States. " sif:
jlYour letter^^kes it completely clear that former Attorney Gener-
!al llob^T^ FTK^rmedv was fullv aware of rha surveillance that was
>ractice<
wiretapping and
luring his administration of the Department of Justice.
Incidentally, I call your attention to the fact that there was
r and eavoeHnnnnintf AiWnff the TCermedv adm^Tllatratlon ^ 5c
tavesdropping during the Kennedy administration
that had no connection with the operation of .the FBI, but apparent*
ly did have the approval of the highest political appointees of the
.Kennedy administration. I refer to the wiretapping and eavesdrop*
in connection with the efforts to oust Mr.
Otto Otepka froi^M
{employment in the State Department.
In this case there was no question of national security or crime, ^
.organized or xznorganized. The fact that this was either approved |-
or condoned in early 1963 by the Kennedy administration would seem |>
to give further support to your statements ^ 3 r ^
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jPlease keep me advised of any further documel9&4§fea‘y^^may be con* |;
strained to make public in connection with the controve rsy i nvolving |
former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. My inceireSt in "this mat* |
[[ter today, as it was initially, is to see to it that the public ‘i* . |
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iiuse in apparent efforts to discredit the Federal Bureau of Znvestl*‘
ligation. 'v.'k; .
[ In view of the doc\imentatldn you have already provided in your let*^
ter and attachments , X am convinced that whatever surveillance of
: oomunlcatlons the FBI has conducted has been with either specific
or general policy approval of the Department of Justice. ^
Your long and honorable directorship of the Bureau caxmot be as-
sailed on the basis of the self-serving and in some Instances in-
accurate denials and statements that have been made. ^
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Register and Tribune, " today telephonically advised Bishop in my
oL'ice that he has learned from Congressman Gross^ office tliat the
Congressman is going to send a letter to Mr. Hoover, probably dated
loday, in reply to the Director's letter to him of 12/7/66 wherein rhe
Director set forth the true facts, supported with documentation, con-
cerning the approval of the Attorney General for the use of electronic
eavesdropping technicues by the FBI. MoUenhoff said he has ascer-
tained Congressman Gross' letter will advise the Director that after
careful study of tl:e Director’s letter and its enclosures, Coi^ressman
Gross is convinced the FBI utilized electronic eavesdropping techniques
only upon tlis specific approval of tlie Attorney General and tlie Depart-
i meat of Justice. | . ]
In his letter Congressman Gross will also malce reference
• to the case of Ctto F. Ctepka, former chief. Division of Evaluations,
• Dlfice of Security, State Department, wl.ich received considerable
publicity ai.er hearings on his dismissal from the State Department
were held by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee,
iw will be recalled that Cteplca's position in the State Depart-
ment was to evaluate and malve decisions with regard to individuals
employed by the State Department who possibly could be security rislcs.
V/lien the Administration became unhappy about the number of persons /
being deciared security risks by Ctepka, John F. Reilly, who was then ^
an attorney in the Department of Justice under Bobby Kennedy, - was
' transferred 10 the State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for
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' Security, and thus became Ctepka*s boss* The purpose of Reilly^s
joins to tlie State Department was to chock up on Cteplca, Reilly
pjccocdcd to put microphones in Ctepka's telephones and to place a
• ’’buj" in his office. This v/as finally disclosed to the public in hear-
I ings before tlie Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. In spite of
I this, after Cpetlca was dismissed by the State Department, Reilly was
i rewarded for his v/ork by being appointed by the Administration to a
1 high position in the Federal Communications Commission, Congress-
: man Gross is going to cite in his letter to the Director the Opetka case
i as another instance where Bobby Kennedy was aware of the utilization
i of electrordc eavesdropping tecimiques and certairJy approved their use.
Clark Mollenhoff also advised tliat Congressman Gross
will conclude his letter to Mr, Hoover by asking that Mr. Hoover keep
1 him advised of any additional developments with regard to electronic
eavesdropping.
Mollenhoff stated his information is tliat Congressman
;j Grcs3,on 12/29/SS^will make public tiie letter which he is to send to
Mr, Hoover today.
OBSERVATIONS
It would appear that if the above letter along the indicated
lines is sent by Congressman Gross to the Director and is made
public, it will ccrtaiiily give additional support in the minds of the
public to the fact that the FBI utilized electronic eavesdropping
techrhques only with the knowledge and specific approval of the
Attorney General and the Department of Justice.
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concerning Bobby Kennedy. It is well done. Bob Allen said, "This
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Thare Is a very dellberuto and
.’ul roi.coii behind oonutor Hobort Kennedy’s aggressive headline
grabbing and anti-Johnson sharpshooting.
Viic- il~y car-old New Yorker is operating on tha theory that thoro
is a chance the President v?ill not seek another terni, and is doing
Lis ut:;osi. to put hitisolf in a position to blitz the 1968 nomination and
run cn a cl ear cut Kennedy platform.
♦’icai ttcdly, this is a calculated risk. But Kennedy dooms it a
"a..;bie roll rorth taking in the belief he has overj'thing to rin and
X it tic Co los c .
If the President does decide to run again, Kennedy will not oppose
ilia — for a very good reason. He is fully araro that an incumbent
President cuinot be denied renoainat ion if ha’s bent on it. President
Tru.-an decisively demonstrated that In 1948, when he swept the Philadelphl
convention despite loud and vehement Democratic opposition.
Kernody will simply pull in his horns, fade into the background
and start planning and maneuvering for 1972.
;..uch as the president mic^t disapprove of his younger end
a .b ic ioroly aspiring rival, Kennedy is convinced there is 11 ttlo he can.
>'o agaxTSt him because he can’t afford to antagonize Kennedy devotees,
p-rclcuinrly ir. a difficult and highly uncertain campalfn as. next ye^*s
ra es - next
wile otn8]r
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heal til* a coiitinuinc anft increasingly costly Vietnam ;.'or, or other
cicciaiva factors, ICennedy will bo reedy end waiting to noko the most
of it. lio will unleash q whirlwind drive '.o ovorwholni Vico President
Huaiphroy and any other ccaitc stents, and cnatch the grand prize by st'>i*:i.
Concodcdly, this is a s iT.jplif icn tion of a veiy complex and
vol' ' ^1‘2 a j ti:.* tinn , It*s studded with iCs and oaybes. Iluch c u; huppon
in the next 16 months, v;hen the Democratic convention meets, and
doubtless -.vlll.
*t:hi <5 + hA vjq v VAn n \r a rtA ir\r\ ai* rtf' ^v-Vi i *9 —V 1 rt
acyisers and speech writers are thinking and scheming.
TKS HOT SHOTS
This explains why the power-minded New York Senator has let It be
•caovn ho will shortly make a widely fanfared speech on the Vietnam war.
:\lroady, his ever-busy publicity minions have leaked word that he
will advocate halting the bombing of Korth Vietnam and criticize other
aspects of the administration's conduct of the conflict. Cannily, he
"’ill Cororully be nclQicr dovish nor hoivkishe
lie \.'ill be critical but not stridently so. It will bo a
characteristic play to both sides.
That's v;hr;t Kennedy did in his speech last month challenging
loan Son policy towaid Rod China. hTiile not directly assailing it, ho
did no round-about by advocating a let* s-bo-f riendly-v/ith-Poking courco.
lust how he would do that, Kennedy carefully did not say, Ko is
.. rkodly vayuo on details in all his declamations and pronouncoiaents,
nilar.ly, liiu .omory has a curious time-block. It never goes bad. io
h*3 late brother’s p.C' j,... a. ration. In v.’hich he was a principal mover and
shaker.
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Tills is '-ihy it is an abr;o2 utoly safe bet Kennedy will say nothing
in his forthcoming speech about these hlgiily pertinent facts; iirhen his
br<'»t..cr tool: oiTice in iTaauory 19G1, tho U.S. had less than 1,000 officorr
i-j.u non-ccas in Vietnam strictly'' as nilttoiy advisors. But by the llmo
or l;i- <*• uih 1.1 iVovcL'ihcr It'-’.o, tho U.J. hod more then £0,000 combat
troops thore, and planning was well advanced for large-scale naval and
air rcinforcoi.'cn ts.
Chief ".vhlz-icid** Kennedy lieutenants are i*dam ’.7alinsky, 30, rotor
lidaliiar. , 20, and Krenlc iiankiewicz, 40,
i'alinshy, v;ho makes no bones about having ties v;ith the so-called
"iicv; Left," docs most of the woiic on Kennedy’s foreign policy speeches,
i.o masterminded the Chinese peroration, and is handling the Vietnam
discourse, Ldolman, like 'rallasky an attorney, is occupied mainly with
domestic affairs, ilankicv/icz, ono-timo Hollyv;ood lawyer, is in charge
of press relations — and without peer in garnering headlines,
iCennedy has invited a number of Senate and House Democratic
leaders to be co-chairmen with him at a big fund-raising dinner in
Kev; York City ICarch 5.
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Roprosentit ive Charles ooelson, D-K. J. , staunch supporter of a
forceful policy in rosi.'^ting caawunist aggression in Vietnam, was
courteous but blunt to a delegation of '.Vomen iJtrike for Reace lobbyists
that st‘*v :'.‘d i.'. to his office.
V -.0 pacificts ware part of the 2,000 fellov/ demonstrators who
u .juc cess fully tried to invade the Pentagon. Thwarted in that, they
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dcannd on end to the bombing of North Vietnam and vithdraval of U*S.
forces frc.n South Vietnam.
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rebuffed by Joelson, the ..o!/*n held an indi^jaat ion mooting in '
t)\< Ci'i'ridcr, the follovaiir-; coo vers at ion was overheard:
"Ha was dovmright rude,” exclaimed one hefty pacifist. **He
wouldn't listen to us. ^erytime we started to say something, he cut
us short.”
”;'li bet if we 'were pretty and had shapely forms, he would
have trc.atod us differently," said a younger but no more attractive
demonstrator.
"Girls, lot's face it,” broke in a third. "If v/e were pretty and
had shapely forms, we wouldn't be beatniks and peaceniks.”
'That ended the huddle and the discussion.
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APPEARriNCS ON WTTG TELEVISION
9:30 P.M., SUNDAY, 5-7-67
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At 9:30 p.m. , Sunday, May 7, 1967, Senator Edward V.
Long (D. - Missouri), Chairman of the Adininistratiye Practices and
Procedures Subcommittee of the Seriate Judiciary Committee, appeared
on the television program "Cpinion--Washingtcn." I-Ie was interviev/ed
by tlie host, Mark Evans, and Dan 21acld>urn of station XI>iBC, Kansas
City, Missouri.
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Long spoke in general concerning eavesdropping and the
efforts of his Committee to protect tlie rights of individuals.. He com-
mented concerning legislation which he has mtroduced, and, although
the legislation is not exactly what he would like to see, he indicated
tiiat it does go a long v/ay toward insuring the right to privacy.
'.Senator Long criticized the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that
ithoy were v'ory evasive and failed to cooperate with his Committee. He
'expressed tlie opinion tliat Ii'.ternal Revenue Service Commissioner Sheldon
Cohen was a dedicated employee but did net luiov what was going on in his
j Agency. He spoke very highly of the F5I and said that the Eureau was
very cooperative and that any time his Committee made inquiry of the
EZI, Mr. v-Icover ’’had men there right away, explaining what the FBI
does and v.'hat it has been doing over tlie years.” He indicated tltat his
Corninittcu is fully a'vure of the FBI's activities and in view of the Bureau's
' responsibilities in national security matters, he does not plan to hold any
1 hearings m connection with the FBI's operations at this time.
ig as to whctliar
was a great
Host Mark Evans inquired of. Senator Long
ho believed former Attorney General Robert Men:;edy was
' advocate of v/Betapping, Senator Long indicated tiiat he was r.ot prepared
‘ to comment concerning Mr. Kennedy and that he has no plmis to call either
'Mr. • Zoovor or Mr. Kennedy before his CornmiLtce. Ee indicated chat
.during the controversy between the Director and Mr. Kennedy he extended
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• an invitation to both of tiiem. However, neither accepted and he did not
> feel it ^vas in the public interest to pursue the matter further. Senator Lot^,
* also on one occasion, commented that Attorney General Ramsey Clark had
' indicated to him (Senator Long) that the proposed laws dealing v/ith saves-
f dropping v/ill not interfere with the Justice Department's drive on organized
t crime.
Overall, Senator Long's appearance dealt in generalities.
, However, he did spealc very highly of the FBI and contrasted the effectiveness
t of the Bureau \vith tlie evasive tactics of the Internal Revenue Service.
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VISIT 0? PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY AND
FAMILY TO NEWPORT NEWS, VA. , 5/27/67
.» Oi' 5/ 27/87 the aircraft carrier ”John ?. Kennecy” v:ill be
’ launched at Nev/port Nev;s Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.,
Newport News, Va, According to press sources, the President,
Mrs*. JCijH ?. KENNEDY and her. two children, and Senat ors
R03ER‘T-K ENNED Y and EDV'ARD KENNEDY are to attend.
Cofjnandcr GEORGE HUMPHRIES, NISO, Norfolk, advised this
date that on 5/13/67 Undersecretary of the Navy ROBERT H. a
DALDVJI.N v.’ill arrive at Patrick Henry Airport, Newport News, t
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Admiral REYNOLD KOGLE, Commandant, 5th Naval District,
will survey the Mev/port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
area for helicopter landing facilities in connection v/ith the
arrival of the President and Mrs. KENNEDY, He further indicated
that the Navy is setting up a point of contact for the arrival
of the President, Ke indicated that he has not received any
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’’MEET THE PRESS" TV PROGRAM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1967
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Attached is an article from "The Washington Post
and Times-Herald" of August 7, 1967, concerning Senator Robert F.
Kennedy's appearance on the "Meet the Press" television program
yesterday afternoon. As noted in the attached article, the questions
asked Kennedy dealt primarily with Vietnam and the war on proverty —
and Kennedy expressed his view that additional funds are needed to
fight proverty in this country, as well as that the South Vietnamese
troops should be doing more of the fighting in that country.
In addition, Kennedy answered a question concerning
his possible candidacy for President in 1968 by stating that he has asked
the people who are promoting him for President and Senator J. W.
Fulbright for Vice President to desist in their efforts. Futhermore, a
number of questions were asked him in such a manner as to invite him
to criticize President Johnson, and he carefully evaded such criticism.
With respect to a question concerning Stokeiy Carmichael
and H. Rap Brown, he said that if either Carmichael or Brown has
violated the law--State or Federal— he should be prosecuted.
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RFK Urges War Freeze,
Billions to Erase Slums
By David Hoffman
Wa.'ihtfit'.on Post Stoff Writer
Sen, Robert F. Kennedy (D- that permit endless increases
N.Y.) recommended yesterday in the cost of fiehting, but
a frecie on U.S. expenditures , ^^ijing on what can
in Vietnam pending invest- U ciUcs of
I ment of $2 billion to $4 billion
'to clean out urban ghettoes in a.j essential
America. . that we do what is necesssary
] These billions would w fQP Qm> own people,” he
spent immediately as the over NBCs “Meet the
^down payment on what Kenne- press’* program, carried here
I dy called *'a Marshall Plan for wrc-TV.
U.S. ciUes.” Its purpose would ^hc New York Democrat
be to alleviate urban inequi- would “only favor do-
• lies by making it attractive niore in Vietnam when the
n“for private enterprise to be- people of South Vietnam do
* come actively involved in the ... I am distressed that
'( ghetto,” Kennedy said. casualties continue to go
»1 The $2 billion to $4 billion ^p theirs continue to go
recommended by Kennedy is . i think they should
‘ not requested in the Johnson doing some of the fighting
- Administration’s fiscal 1968 ^ ^ j should like to see the
I'^^Kcnnedy deplored prioriti^^ See TALKS, A6, Col. 3 ^
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South Vietnamese divisions up
hy the DMZ ctrrying the fight
to the North Vietnamese,"
Kennedy isi<L
Turning to President John-
' ion*s proposed 10 per cent sur-
charge on Income taxes,
Kennedy expressed three "re«
sen-ations."
First, he said, the tax In-
crease ^ould impose a '‘partic-
ularly heavy burden’* on lower
income wage earners. It also
i \Mou1d increase unemployment
among Negroes, Puerto Ricans
and Mexlcan-Americans, all of
whom are ‘ now In difficult
straits, ^ »
Third, Kennedy would rid
the tax structure of •’gim-
micks" that enable those who
earn more than $500,000 per
year to pay an average of only
27 per cent in Federal taxes.
"I think these taxes should he'
raised before the lower In-
come and the middle income
I people are taxed/* he said,
j As he defined U» his Mar-
j shall Plan for U.S. cities
would involve tax credits and
depreciation allowances to in-
duce industry to invest in
slum area housing and the
: construction of businesses. It
would require scrapping past
programs that proved unsuc-
cessful. U would allow local
communities to draft their
own plans, which, when ap>-
proved in Wasington, would
jthen be funded by the Federal
t Government. It would involve
I college staffs and students In
; solving problems of the under*
prvileped.
I Another telcvi.slon interview
[program* Senate Minority
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Leader Everett M. Dirkaen de-
fended Congresi against
charges It has withheld money
that might have alleviated
ghetto oonditiona.
Congress appropriated the
full $I billion sought by the
Administration for urban de-
velopment, Dirksen said, on
CBS’s “Face the Nation" pro-
gram carried here by WTOP-
TV, If they need more, he
said, “let them come in from
various places and ventilate
their needs.*’
Dirksen carefully dlsassoct- "
ated himself from the Repub-
lican Party Coordinating Com-
mittee'! statemen t — ^whlch
Dirksen actually read — ^blam-
ing President Johnson for this
summer's race riots. He said
that as a “party functionary**
he was requested to read a
statement prepared by a
three-man committee.
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TO:
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DIRECTOR FBI
Crime Records
SAC, NEW YORK
RE; SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY
TELEVISION PROGRAM - «r»
As the Bureau has been previously notified, SENATOR KENNEIY
has contemplated a series of television appearances to be taped in
New York covering a number of national issues of interest. ..
The NEW YORK DAILY IIEWS, issue of Thursday, 8/3/67,
page 62, contains mention of this series in a column by MATT <
MESSINA. The article states that SENATOR KENNEDY is beginning a '
series of monthly TV Programs with the first broadcast scheduled for
August 13. According to the article, on the first progreun, SENATOR /
KENNEDY will share the camera with DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN, former
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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as advised
that in addition to MOYNIHAN the show would include a reporter from
the NEW YORK TIMES and a Citizens Pemel, which will direct
questions extemporaneously to SENATOR KENNEDY. The informant
further advised that future programs will deal with racial strife
and the Viet Nam situation and any other timely national topics.
The above is being furnished for the Bureau's information.
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY
TECHNICAL L MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCES
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In the attached copy of a nevspaper article which
appeared in the Washington Evening Star of 10/25/67^ it is
reported that former Attorney General Robert F* Kennedy, in
testifying during the con flict of interest trial ox former
Representative Thomas .^E'r^O'Cnson of Maryland, stated that he
had never authorized the use of wiretapping in the Johnson case
and a lso had not authorized the use of wiretapping in the Hof fa
case.
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This, of course,- is the same line which Kennedy has
adopted previously whenever the question of his authorization
of the use of electronic surveillances in criminal matters haa^,
I arisen. Without specifically saying so, Kennedy appears to be
distinguishing between the use of wiretaps and the use of
microphone surveillances, and thereby skirting the truth. While .>
we have no knowledge that Kennedy authorized the use of wire-
in the Hof fa investigation, we do know thax he had requested> «
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luring August, 1961.
substantial Information.
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ACTION:
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record the fact that Kennedy is still maintaining the fiction that
while Attorney General he had nothing to do with electronic /Of f Q
surveillances. / — /
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BALTOIonii^iL UobcriF.
KciUiXto% T)-X,Y.* denied on a
witness stand here yesterday i
• that he had ever nuLhorized Jus*
nice Department inveslh^aiors U>
I use wireiappir" devices in the ir
I probe Cl iorincr Uep. Tiiomas F .
* Jolmson.
Tnc former attorricy jrencrars
losluuony canic in Johnson’s
conflict of i;ilcrest trial here
shortly after Johr^n filed a mo-
tion w;!h the court see lung the
disclosure of any evidence tiic
government ipiglit have that
was garnered by wir clapping or
• oiher clcclrcalc devices.
^ Kennedy wns the major wit-
f ness for the government ycsicr-
: day in Johnson’s retrial in U.S.
District Court here. In the trial.
^ now in its second week, Johnson,
I who formerly reprcscr.tca Mary-
{ land's Eastern Shore, is accused
I of accepting C‘i7,5.;0 for mlcrccd-
! ing with the Justice
J ,on behalf o; J. ALmaet.h Eahn, .0|
I '^av.ngo ar-d lonr* opcialor then
* 'under indictment for mail fraud.,
* 'le&iii.Oj on *t4i'vk.u^',s i
KeniiCny se^el“;
;al mceiings he said he r.aJ as*
attorney general with Jonnsca!
'ar.ri fomior Kcp. Frank
’.Boykin of Alah.uma over the Ed-|
!lin Lndictmont, \yh;ch the two j
co.igrcssmen 'hvishcd to have'
reconsidered and dismiss^jdh* |
! t:.c wiretapping testimony
can. a up in connection whh a;
'raci.ooo note uihedj
‘wid; forniv/ Teamsters bosaj
Janws n. Koh'a. ■
Kennedy U. tlfiod that^ during j
\h.e period Ir. ihVi whCii Joluisoni
anci ^yO^ i».n* j
• over the eh 111 n ijnlictmcnt, ‘
f J Boykin told him that Edlin could-
'iC hclufui to the vuUiicc Depar^*!
J ^uent in lYon rear y note mal-
' ur. Kcnaecy said, tnouyh, that'
1 ■“I ean’t cv^r. t.U you v.l.at he
^'Ilalinl to do With Uie
,tlVi),0o0 wcnd,*’ 5- I
, I.: original tr^^Hnj-
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- lin saviiv;s ai '4 laun association!
1 hougiit the n.Ac fro.m a Eenja-j
min li. Dranov/. a former assod-j
: ale of Iloffa. New York broker |
i alleged the ncie was stolen ar.dj
* sjiad thc-.Ednu firm, l)Ut settled!
♦ out of court for $12.^. ‘
Denies Aatl^orlzing ttu’ctap
Johnson, who was
crosMxamirdns Kennedy, asued
if Kennedy had authorized wire-
tapping in tlie Johnson casa
Kennedy said he had not, and
abio had net in the Koffa ease.
xlc also said in reply to a ques-,
lion by Johnson Utat he had not j
given such authority to Walter
&cridan, one of a tcara of law-
yci's invcstigathvj Hoffa.
U.S. Atty. Stephen Saclcs aiso
said he had been assured John-
son’s lines were not tapped. He
' asked for any evidence Johnson
has for believing Uicm to be,r
# Johfiscn’s ^niotion .^a,
, “sho; hi the dark.”^ " , . 1
I * Jphrson tx^nlicd that he h-u noj
; preof, but thbughttliat Sheridem
t iud been “very ihorougV* in his
J investigation of Heffa, 1
* In aiuwci- to Johnson's motion
for discovery of any evidence
obiainod by the government by |
wiretapping. Judge R. Dorsey j
Watkins told Saclis to contact |
j Sheridan and find cut if:
I Jotmson’s lines were tapped.
IMcation .Vdam Powell
Adam Clayton Powc-.;’s name
al^o W 2 S injocicvi mcO i*.e c.ise
yc:>:ercay as Johnson quizzed
Kennedy about a siatcrnoni the
senator hed made last Jan. 11
about the Harlem Democrat.
Jcluuon did not disclose his
reason for bringing the matter
up, but apparently he in.c.'ids to
contrast his ease with that of
Powell, who has never been in-
Iditad although he has been ac-
Reused of the improper use of
i public money.
said in January that
he uicught Uic ousler o; Howell
wns before a , cede vfco.n-i
duct covering congressmen is
adopted.
. ‘ Johnson asked him if he had j
( ‘Uikeu die same position V. hen he]
* was atloracy general. Kennedy 1
replied ihat he made the state - 1
meat as a IcgLJlator, but whc.n '
he was atlo.m.cy general hei
; v.culd have prosecuiod any .
: member of Congress found viol-!
' ating Uie law.
Jolmson then asked if any oth-
i CT congressmen had leea prose-
; ' cuted for asking for a rewiow of
fa Justice Department case.
Sachs objected and the question
w:.s never ariSWered, ..Imough-
Konnccwsald; “I’d be glad io'
■ c.nsv.cr it.“
Ca:;;>or
Calichon —
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During his direct tc.'^HmgayJ
Kennedy said Reps: i^oykin and|
Johnson told him Ediin’s Indict-;
meat was imfair artd also that '
Uio indictment would have anj
adverse effect on a “land dcvel-,
opsnAn# a£ somc kind” with'
which Edhn was conrrected. - |
Tha former attorney ’Tcncral'
said he a.-kcd Ue assist :.nt Ht-1
torncy general in charge of the
icrmimal division of the Justice ‘
♦Department, Herbert J. Miller
Jr., to review the indictment.*
Miller reported that “this was a :
proper mdiclment” and the deci-;
Sion was made to prcsecute,i
Kennedy said. j
I Informed of this, The i\vo con-.
Jgrcssr.icn were “very ^dis--
jturued,'* 'Kennedy tcstiflcu. ^ j
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DATE: .11-22-67
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^ Captioned bill, 'which has been reported by the Sena^ Subcom- ^
^ mittee on Criminal Xiaws and Procedures, is scheduled to be taken up by the ^
..full Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, 11-29-67. Enclosed is a ^
confidential Subcommittee print of the report on this bill. This contains j
information concerning the provision of the bill ($ection 604, Part F of Title 1)
concerning the FBI's responsibilities in handling law enforcement training.
Section 720 contains the provision for the $5, 111, 000 i^rc^riations for the
FBI to implement Secticm 604. This inform^ion is contained on pages 5, 6
and 8 of the report. Other information explainii^ axid supporting these pro*
'Visions of the bill is found on pages 18 and 19, 21, 28, 58 and 60. These .
. pages are marked to toe enclosed report.
' Our sources on the Hill have advised that Senator McClellan,
'With the apparent concurrence and assistance of the White House, is pushing
this bill for possible final action this year. Senator McClellan has talked
personally to the President about this bill, and his top staff assistant, James
Calloway, who has been coordinating staff activities on the bill, has talked
with Joseph A. Califano, Jr. , fecial Assistant to the President. Callo'way
t has indicated the Department of Justice is not completely in tune with the
J White House concerning this bill, a statement interpreted by some staff
personnel as' indicating the White House may have agreed to accept Senator *
McClellan's ’amendment which will authorize court-controlled wiretapping
and eavesdropping, possibly in exchange for knocking out other provisions
of the bill such as Senator McClellan's confession amendment and for Senator
I McClellan's assistance in defeating the "block grant"
It is known pepartment of Justice personnM^ll£os beep^in
, tcontact with staff personnel of* T -members of the Judiciary Comm ittee '
. *{ . fto effect a strategy for getting a "satisfactory" crime billtnrough the j. -
I (committee. Staff members of Senators Dodd, Hart, l40ng,>;J&nnedy ' •
< j^^sachusetts), Bayh, Burdick a^ ^dings have beenoontadl^ Thesft
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I Senators comprise the so-called liberal members of fbe Committee.
Indications are Senator Kennedy will offer a substitute bill when the full ^ .
Committee meets next we^ This bill reportedly is now being prepared * \ ,
and allegedly will contain provisions closely similar to the adminlrtration^s '
original proposals with the addition of Senator Kennedy's amendment es~ ’
I tablishing a National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
I to direct law enforcement education, training, research and demonstration '
I I projects. The Kennedy-Department substitute bill z^portedly will contain
II no reference to the FBI and will eliminate the provisions for our
||law enforcement training activities.
James Flug, Legislative Assistant to Senator Kenned^ whose
janimosity toward the FBI is well known, has been the prime liaison repre*
jsentative between the Senators and the Department of Justice. James Wood,
|Associate Counsel on the Criminal Laws and Procedures Subcommittee, this
1 jmoming (11-22-67) advised he had talked with Terry Seigal, Legislative Aid ’
1 }to Senator Hart, and Seigal commented that Flug apparently has no real hope
ilof ekninating the FBI provision from the bill. Seigal commented that FBI
representatives who have talked with various members of the Committee
j I have convinced enough of them of the logic of FBI directicm of training so
I that any effort to kill this portion of the bill is doomed to ^Lilure; hence, be
I feels no real attempt will be made to knock out the FBI provision. This, of
I course, may be true, but we know Department of Justice o^icials are exposed
I to our having control of the training procedures, and Flug can be expected to
iiuse eveiy possible trick to eliminate the FBI provision from the bilL
Wood stated copies of the Eennedy-Department substitute bill
are expected, to be circulated prior to the Committee meeting next week, and
every effort will be made to obtain a copy of this bill as soon 'as one is available
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We Messrs. DeLoach, Bishop and Bowers) have talked to all
members of the Committee or their Leg^lative Assistants earlier this month
e^Ialning our interests in the training provision contained in captioned bill
except Senator Kennedy and Senator Tydings. Recontacts are being made
with our friends before the Committee meeting to insure they still are aware
II of our Interests. This is essential since Flug reportedly has told some .
I ipeople that the FBI does not oppose Senator Kennedy's proposed National
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In thiB regard, when Senator Kennedy initially offered the
amendment eoneeming the National Instttiite in the Sibcommlttee, he
indicated It was acceptable to him to have the FBI reaponaible for training;'
Thi8,in effect, would create two National bstitutea and, because of this,
I the &nnedy amendment was rejected in the last meeting of the Subcommittee.
Plug obviousty is attempting to cloud the issue and imply that the FBI Is.
[willing to carry out its training ftmctions under the dire^ion of a Nation^
irry g - _ _ ,
lel>ai^ m tne bepartmei^ oi Justice. We will make sure thin er*
impre^s^on is ellminateci before the Committee meeting*
Republican meml^s of the Comm^ee, according to Pete
Velde, Ifinority Associate Coun^ on the Subcommittee, are unanimous
in favor of block grants*>grants of money directly to the states for dis-
tribution to state and local agencies at the direction of the Governor for
jthe improvement of law enforcement rather than placing the control of
such grants in the hands of the Attorney General* The Department is
strongly opposed to this issue. This issue was not considered in Sub-
committee due to its hi^Uy controversial nature. The vote on this issue
will be very close*
Velde stated he feels certain Senators Diiksen, Hruska, and
Thurmond will s\:qpport the FBrs training provision in the bill. He is im-
certain of what action Senator Fong will take in this regard. Senator Scott
is out of the country and will not be present for the meeting.. Senator Dodd_
lrone(
also is e?(pected to be absent due to his illness. These are the only absentees
anticipated
We are continuing to follow very closely developments con-
cerning this legislation and are staying in close contact with our friends
on the Committee in an effort to prevent the Department and Senator Kennedy
from sabotaging the provisions of the bill placing law enforcement training
responsibilities under the direction of the FBL
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SAC, ailCAGO (100-11991)
Re Bureau letter to Chicago dated 11/7/67,
By referenced communication the Bureau adx'^iscd that
infomatlon was rece^^d that ai^polnted
to £.:i-ye c: s F.CBBU T F» IXl ilTR JY V nidvestrepresent atlve . Cliicafo
v^ras rcciueLted to detei^ii^c‘'wK^thcr is iient. icnl
with the captioned subject.
A review of the subject's file failed to reflect any
infomatioii indicating that he has received such au appointment.
In a'Jdition, the following informants who arc citluir closely
acqvviintcd with||m||P|or who have furnished current information
a-ogarding his activities vrere contacted on the dates indicated
and coul d furni sh no infomiation regarding a relationship
betv'aeui and KI^NIIROY:
Informant
Date Contacted Contacting? Arent
11/14/67
11/16/67
11/15/67
11/14/67
11/15/67
For the inforrac
Cffic^ , the
(X 100-11991
in the Chicago area which would logically indicate whether
Senator KEn.C0Y has a midwest representative 'or office. To
date no tiling lias been developed regarding this.
Hie Bureau is requested any
identifying data it has regarding question
so tliat this Office may be in a position to naUc a logical
comparison if any information is received.
In view of the sensitive nature of inquiry into
th'i T^ossibility tliat the subject is the midwest representative
for F. no general canvass of informants
will oe conducted.
Tlie Hew York Office is requested to contact
for any Information he may have regarding a possible appointment
given to the subject by ROBERT F. KEHHEDY.
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1/15/68
NASSAU COUrrrY council on crime prevention — NASSAU COUNTY PD
INFORMATION CONCERNING
Enclosed for the information of the Bureau are
press clippings from the 1/12/68 edition of "Newsday" and
from the "Long ^Itod Press" dated 1A2/68 concerning
Senator ROBERT Ft'^CEMNEDY’S visit to Nassau County.
Senator KENNEDY, as these news clippings indicate,
spoke to an audience of nearly three hundred in the Nassau
County Police Auditorium. This affair was sponsored by the
Nassau County Council on Crime Prevention.
Enclosed also for the Bureau are copies of press
releases pertaining to the Nassau County Council on Crime
Prevention, and also a nev/s clipping from the 12/1S/6 7 edition
of "News day".
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JOHN A. MAHICK and
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Sen. ?*dbcrt F. Kennedy
: i^terdny uryed greater
-ubllc pi.rtIc:?ai!on In crime
;:ppre3^Icr.— to the extent
' dtbeni' patrolin^ their
i.eIghlK»rhoods.
Jlddre^Ing a s 3 *m{P«ium
.'i crime in the auhurhs
i'eld ir. Carden Cty, Ken*
. ^dy emphasized that euch
c :izen pl:rols should oper*
ae u",cT police super-
sioc . -t hU remar#^ dia-
i rbec .^>l.ce oIT.clala who
' 2 re 1 -»s«nL
The 5>-n:p06iu!n was part
" a day-long tour ot Long
land curing which Ken--
r.idy Vas conironzed hy a
^rge group ot high school
*• '.awks** In Brentwood, and
^ 2 vezTjneat and civic
.eaders seeking more led-
eral aid ever>’where else he
went
Kerjiedy * praised the
^I/ecriveneia of the
wabees,* a vigUantc gro^p
'hich operated in il;e
Crown Height* section of
^rookl^ii three years ago
wit hjLit po lice sanction.
"'KeHKedy read the
marks from his prepared
text, then added: ^ThsTKas
to done t;. cooperation
and under the supenislon
of the police. We don*t want
independent groups outside
the police It can be a use-
ful adjunct to the police
department under certain
circuinstancee**
Nassau Police Commie-
sluner Franck Looney, w ho
shared the speaking plat-
form with Kennedy, vtmm
shown the senator's text
before he spoke and soldi
*"I- don*t agree with him.
It's a very dangerous prac^
tice. People engaged in law
enforcement must be prop^
. erly trained and under _
supervision and direction of
the police^ Pm in favor of
the organized auxiliary
Lee force.*
Edward Lecd. presi-
dent of the Nassau Patrol-
men's Bene\'olent Associa-
tion, called citizens' patrols
•hmhcalthy,"
He said the effect of such
groups is to ^undermine*
the professior^ Image of
the police officer.
^ive the nightstk^cJiafifc
(tDSieat* Mas ot ^
ftMs^per, city «»S otslo«|
lONG ISLAND PR£S£
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Ediuir^ JOHN A. MAHER
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t0^|h#L»pdfioenua Jtnd >t
him be free te Uie“^rw^^
out laterferenct from poU*
tieUns aAd clUzeni* zroxx^K^
Vtcd mUL *That will rt-
LCONbiT, in hts oddms
:to .Ivi s>*mpa/.ain. medt It
cleir he is dissatisfied wiU|
the role of the prosecutiojt
and oouru in the procci»
o! dealing* with alxninaU.
After the symposium!
'Vezinedy and Nassau Coun-
*;y Executive Eugene IL
^Xickersen. who shared the
t^is with' the senator, met
with militant Negro lead*
ers at a privaxe reception
In Garden City from whic5
Dcuwieii were barred. **
Earlier in the day, Ken*
nedy breakfasted with 50-
long Island labor leaders
at the Garden City Hotel,
where he said Long Is-
land's economy should now
begin to shift from defense
Industry to reconslructjoti
of New York City or fact
eventual decUne with the
end of the war in Vietnam.
DUEING the morning
Ker^nedy ran into a nest of
^pawks^ when he asked ^
selected group of students
K Brentwood High School
what they thou^t about^
the Vietnam war.
On a show of hands, more
than half said they favored
"escalating the bombing of
the North and possibly send* ;
Ing mors men to the '
Akmth."
' Orjy a handful fa\*ored
Unilateral with drawal,”
and Only another handful
favored *our present poU-
^ e • •
f WHEN A xnajorlfy leader
of the same audience faw
Orel deferring college atu*
denu. Kennedy asked them
to consider the moral ques-
tion of favoring escalation
of the war **at someone
else's expensoT
n^^plu hU apparent dls-
agteemeat with the stu-
dents oa the war. it w*as
evidej^t the senator had.
tliiT" geaeral suporL The
applause came
when a boy asked Kennedy
If he planned to run for the
presidency in 1972. Ken-
ne^^s answer was that 1972
was a along way off.
Immediately after a ques-
tion about his 10 children.
Kennedy was asked what
plans he had for Suffolk
STid he replied: **to move to
Suffolk with my family and
increase the populatioa”
That was met with another
cheer.
AT A LL7CCHE0N in
Smithtown with business
and labor leaderSi Kennedy
said he had not realized the
chairman of the Suffolk
Human Relations Commis-
sion. Ralph Watkins, had
as^k^ him to look into alle-
gations that Grumn^ Air-
craft Engineering Corp, of
Beihpage has discrimina-
tory emplo^mient practices.
Grumman*! vice presi-
dent. John B. RetuUata.
also at the lundieon. said
Grumman employs persons
from minority groups In a
proportion twice their pn^
portion in the Long Island
population and that *imUl
this momentT he had
thought Grumman*! poades
in this area to be excellrnt.
Kennedy*)! first stop In
SuCfoIk^"tajrtfeea at
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.where Watkins was among
a number of county offldaU
wiio urged various peV
grams upon him as he.
County Executive K Leg
Dennison and Rep. GKia G.
Pike, Riveriiead OemocraU
stood on the buildingis
broken etcalator^ ^ — - L -
" WATKINS ASK£3> Ke*
jiedy to seek an Immediate
Investigation, and said *the
spending of federal money
that does not allow all peo-
ple to benefit should atop.^
Grumman, he noiet^ is a
major defense and space
contractor.
Kennedy and Denni s on—
skimming over the county
in the police helicopter —
also dropped In on Ne^
York TelefAione Co.' head-
quarters in North Pat^
oguq. at a newspaper plax?;
and at the new St John>
Smithown Hospital, whe^
they toured fadllti^ tsz
elderly patients and the lab-
oratory. and Kennedy paid
a brief call on the Rev.
Charles Carow. pastor *od
Sts. KUlip and James Catbp
oUc Churdi tn St James.
Father Canw was la the
’ hospital for tests a nd te tm
bs discharged ‘
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l^appioxinf Nassau politt commissioner.
ijappnT^uig i-vasHu pgucc commiHiOBCT,
I Robert F. Kenncdjr toned doon res*
j ■terday his proposal that Lon* Islanders
* help to fight crime u the streets hj bmi*
! ng citizen patrols.
Addressing a hearing on snburban crime
at die end of a lO-hour helicopter tour of
Suffolk and Nassau. Kcnnedr told an audi*
visited enthusiastic constituents in a Sof^
folk police helicopter, accompanied
County Esecutn-e Dennison. His most
^ adoring adroiieo of the dar, and the ones
itho »ked htn the tougliest questmii^
^ were students at Bicnt«z>od Hij^ SdMol.
2 Q. Appearing before ah assembly of 800
jthidoDts; the 42-ycar*old senator pbyfuQr
me questions on his differences nitb
Jolinson and joked about' dm
^ /size of his family, and about hippia anSl
. /longhair. U-
oa die actaa*. patrolling of theu neighbor-' «to»* niicihw Kciinrfy «os contradicting
hoods . . , TTiers is no reason why you* “1"^ «.
cannot help patrol jtmr orni communities Victium and jet you say )-ou wuld ^
to discourage property theft.” He said. P®^ senator lephrf inb a
iiiimeu wc^uw ic agAmn uic wmi la
Vietnam and jrt you say )-ou would tup*
port Johnson.*^ the senator replied with ft
sm3ep ^Co ahead, go ahead, malse tl'im*
that citiica patrols hai^ worted “in far\ go ah«<I, make tt un-
more ia;erous communilics," and he . lau^h wh^^ con-
cited the “.Maccabee” group m Brookhn's * J Toramr
Cron-n Heights section! as «H as “i-oW *« «4^j ‘“PP" ^ ^ ®PP®*«
teer po’Jcs^ in BrooUin's East Flatbush Jo uniTatenl withdraual, the same as Mr.
and iTaapi, Fla. ‘ * ' J®’'"*?®: ^ k^* «boot going to the
Thei: ICel-^edy denarted from hi, pr«K
oared text to add. "1 uant to stress Lt ^
{his has to be done in coopeaSion with,
and under the supetiision of, the police.
.There cannot be independent groups es-
and under the nipcti ision if. the police. , to ^ for Sof-
.There cannot be independent groups es- ^
;tabllshed nidiout tlie VwpcratSn ct the “J
. !bolice.” Before entering tU auditorium. *®®8 *>“ ?*»4PP®f
fennedy had met briefl! with Nassau Po-
h« CoLniisioner Fraiicis B. Looney m S'* ®"“
the cemmissroner-s office. Earlier, l^ney ^ .‘*.*®‘* • ««ooabte
had been asked to comment on Kennedv’s
• ormred tccmrla, and he said that he />..^ • j „ • ' '
I Lipprmed of -vigilante groups” as being Q^ned ca ileCarthy ,
I dangerous. After Kennedy gmo the During a four of the Suffolk Sun boild-
spera. Looney said he thought tliat extst-
ing units c: ausiliarj’ police already pro-
vile the sort of cii'ihan pAtroIs under
police supen-ision tk^t uere^ditieatcd
Kennedy* Saffol’i; t'alice Com miss io ne r
John L. Barry took a similiar posftioiL
Kennedy had spent most o( the day »
Suffalk in part of his planned scries of
vhirs all over the star: to speak with hit
Queried oa ifeCarlhy ' •
Duriu a four of the Suffolk Sun boild-
tng In Deer Park, he was asked whether'
he thought that Democratic peace candi-
date Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota,
poyd a mrcat to Johwn. ”I think cvtfj^
body would expert tliat be (Johnsoo) ii
goutf to ^ the nominatioi^ and not
bIcCuthy, Kennedy said.
Cbiaedy's tour began with a bieakfost
meering with labor I cid co at the Cardea
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A-th*«ART BERGMANN and
EOiior. PAUL LEVENTHAL
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Mineda^li? nM-tf fonnod Nmaa paad on
ct^ pcvcnHru a stiidpn; a (loup o( pmpotcd
fcfomu, an(iii{ from the selection «l jumn bjr lot
to tlic. creation M a idulMliUtiun snitcc for
ddinqueutt.
In about a month, tlie anit» the Council on
Crime rictviitian. will meet to consider rccouv
mcndatioiis for judicul ami lair enfomnint reform.
Most of tlie pm;w»aU under study wcic bidit^ in
a February iej>ort br tlie President’s Commission on
Crime, but one of the snsjestions is a new approa^
by the county. Tliat is lltc proposed selection of trial
and mnd juries by random lot The jury sdoction ,
plan IS the o:ily proposal before tbe counol that has
the stisn; b.vw.'r.g of County Esccutnx Nickerson.
Tlsc coi;ncii*s icconuncndatioos will hinge on a
3t-pa>c report released last week by NickciMa. lie
bas asked ‘!tc 2C-man cooncil of .
experts sna Ia\T..cn lieadcd by ' Newstlag .
Pol4ee Coe^.n:iis:onct Francis D. Cfoaewis
Loon coluuicr a oumber of ^
refbrn::!^ incu^luig some on yhidk be bas takcQ oo
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- The cl. 3 ;;^ include ipstif^ilioa of a nndom lot
method o: sciw^.ing trial an<f grand |Vries; tlie ap-
pointment of district attomia and tlicii assistants;
the creation of a local rehabiliutioa center for
delinquents and first offenders; the release of as
many luspccti ^without bail as possible following
OEamination; anc rnnsion of tbe S}-stcm where the
district attomc}*s office and defense lawyca barnin
oa guilty pleas before or during Iriab to reduce
court congestiofu.
Prevention 1$ Concern
A sun^ of the attitudes of Looney and the
council members sliowxd that the group was pri-
I ourify ooncemed w-itfa prtiTntion ol crime^ espe-*
caHy hj youths^ and tlie protection of defendants*
Irights. *lMncy said the council mould produce
jwrntten studies on Hie problems it deals with. He
paid he cspcctcd the CDimcil to conduct a semirur on
the report s rccomniaidations in about two months.
I Tu council has no Icgisbtno powers, but its
Iproposals are expected to carrr more weight tlian
those of tndh idr^ab, Looney said the coun» would
ihold public hearings pcriodtcally and issue ao annual
jreport. A Kic&crson spoVesmaa said it was set up in
{part to guarantee that Nassau would receive funds
I under tl;e proposed Safe Streets and Crime Control
{ Act now' before Congress and a ycctc d lo be passed
jaoon. ‘‘We couldn’t get funds without the crime
coimcil in existence,” said tlic ^okesman. *^Wic
trying to jump the gun so that wlicn (tbe act) is
passed we will already be enuipped.” He added that
the courxH hire a fuiUune director and part-
time hc*p i: wcdcxal or prhote foundatioQ funds
became ai-aSabifc-^'^ ,
The report pomts out Hut Hie gmd srstcin
laws are said lo ghc loo much po w er lo fuif
ecMiitnnsioncrs and dhcrittiinalc a^hut low-incniite
.and mtnority^roup metnben. Niclrenon, a spokes-
man said, favored selection hi* lot ”as a innic detuo-
ciatic process,” an argiiincnl made in the rcpocL
Grand |urois arc now ctllKrr tuHniuatcd by pulgei or
dHfscn faom lelqdionc booLs and tax mils. I’wo
mcmlicrs of flic council who arc defense bvyrts
bosLxl in Mtneob. David II. Peirce and Too F.
McCinity, hacked the proposal ycsicrdar. MeChiitf
urged that a different DncmnicnUl body rich as
Htc state attorney geiicraT’i office^ liaiidlc ooniplaiiilt
before a ^nd piry so tlul a district attorney, who
miist eimbully try a ease, could not influence a
* grand jury in Hre pretrial imrsligation. ‘
The idea of a coun^ iclubilitation center for
youthful dclitiqitcnis ana first offenders drew sup-
port from leicral council member^ indudine
County Human Rdalions Cominissioticr FancU
foncs. Jones said a uujor prolilcan has been the
‘ detention of ^tmngslcrs in prisons where they are
thrown in with lurdaicd criminals. ”Vou’re just
funnit^ a school for emne,” he said.
Program^ Not Trials Urged
Petre^ a dctirate to Hie presiJent’s crime crui*y
ferenoe m Nfaren, suggested tliat }tiungstcrs wito
wTre hot considered lurdened criminals not be fried *
if other remedies were a%'atlablc. ”Onec you take a ^
kid into court you\e tost him,” lie sai(L He sug- *
gested that young offenden be required to report to
a probation officer and participate in a program^
similar to that required of persons actiinlH' on proba-*
tioo a. an altrmatne to a court trial. A NicLcrson
spokesman said tlic county cxociithe regards the
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establishment of a iclubilitation c e n t er a^ **a itrrr
interesting idea and one Hut tlic ctHiiicil sliould
study.” But he added tlut Nickcison wtuild defer to
Hie conned on Hie feasibility and cost of Uic program.
The ^Leunan said Nickerson wxMild also like
the council to explore a proposal to appoint distiict
attorney's. A mcnc to dunce lltc office from ckcth-c
to appointhx failed in the recent State Constilw-
‘ tiooal Comentioo. Hie Nassan report said»”
Certainly strong ammicnts could be ads-anoed in
fa\x>r of appointed district attomej'S.** It piled ”thc
o1d-s^k^liticaI1y oriented distri^ attorney*! office
Hie Nassau report also asked tlic coonefl to ittR
tliat all ncgcitbtioiis between the district atlomcrw
office and defense bwyca leading to pkas of guilty,
on lesser counts be a public part of the court
* record. Nickerson lias refused to taU a stand on this
^ and Looney said he would m'ait for the cmmcil lo ^
dodde, but and Pcircr Kiongty AnoreJ iL
McCinity said tlic bargaining pr oce ss shottld he V ’ J
made public so that it could he it i ’ ic wcJ as a bctoc
in z^pcai eases. Pcticz said, *Trhcrc are too many
cases where jreopfe are shunted behind tlie doocs in .
court and, witlioot any mtentioo lo hann the dc- '
fendant a plea and a acnlcnce are^Mumod that wan.
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Xcdcia], ^statc; tnd counter comnusioiu or oonfcimcct
to study cruue luvc Ikcb sfKtnjuif up in tetpoosc to
\ public curicero,
‘ bi^jcit vat Uie Ttctiieaft Cnme CoaunUtioi^
} vliicu issued iu report early this year after two yean of
study. In swte of die supposed thoroughness of the report;
Sciuce and House comouttees began thcii own studi^
The executive and legislative oiaaches of the state
we^ both studying oinse this week. Cor. Rockefeller's
Cn;i-e ^ofetence was Kbcduled for today, and a Joint
Legislative Committee chaired by Assemblyman R^rfra m
Poceii iD'Skln.) opened bearings Tuesday on crime in thg
StiX.
An official N'asua panel on crime prevention began
. opent-o.'U last month. The county's panel is the kind of
1^1 organltition su^csted by the President’s Commis:
rion, and it mar receive federal funds if Congress passes a
Presiding Supervisor Ralph
C. Coio has also called uis own meeb'ng on crime prexon-
. tionl Coun^ Executix’c Dennison of Suffolk said that he
>1 plans no eri.Tie commissioiu and that he has little doubt
j; that some of the ^me studies are politically motivated,
j Backers of crime studies say that th» are responding
to a growing public concern which it based on an in*
c i tea sin g crime rate. But Ned Polsky, a criminologist tvho
le^es St Stony Brook, quetriooed yesterday boA the
crime lato statistics and llie popular reding. Polsln said
mctdcficc of enme appcui to be risuij faster than
' it IS in bet because more crime i$ icported now. He added
th^ * Popular butciya^ifist crime if raised evc^ decade;
and said he <bubt$ Inis one o-OI List lonm than toe othen» .
Polsk)* said that some anticrime fccung is a dis^isc for .
anu-NcgfO feeling. “^WTiite fem of Negroes moving into
the suburbs often come out as a concern about crime,”* ho
said, though the lictims of sioft crimes committed hj
Negroes arc other Ne;^rocs.
But David H. Pcirez, a Mlncola attorney mho is t
member of Nassau's Crime Pievention Coomiisricm, said
the increase in crime 0 genoine. He blamed the iocrease
on a grourlng disregard for authority among the young
and said that better police-community iclatioos mi^t help
reduce the soaring |u\icnne crime rate.
P^ell said the increase in crime ts the result of rhat
he called the disorderly times in irhidi we IK'C. He said the . .
state^needs more police, mote iudges, and more and better *
j>risoQS- Peirtz said the county*! commission would recoA*
mend legislation and tiT to ^t local agencies to ^rce oa
policy tmpro\iemeats. He said be is confident die _
oommissioo could help R^t crime; bat added thatVwe 1
oommissioo for the county is enooghw *
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By Dretv Pcarwon and
Andenon
K previous column posed
question of wheth er Bobby
Rennedy w>s reiponsiBinorj
'TVi^ invcstlfitlon of Bobby
some years earlier when John- any other aovcrnmcnl agency
son was a Senator. can become dangerous.
Baker and whether this may
have been the chief reason lor
the feud between LBJ and
RFIC
It also raised the question
who was telling the truth
informing the President:
jlvttorney General Clark,
said he could find no evldencel
The bugging case, however,
has had more political reper-
icusslont than probably any
[other in American history.
Among other things, U.S.
District Judge William Johes,
ione of our more courageous
jurists, has ordered the FBI
to produce the raw flics la the
Fred Black case.
surprising is that|
first time in history
Justice Department has
an FBI raw file. It
amiiing. document, con-
all sorts of Innuendo,
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When It became known that
e FBI had engaged in whole-
sale wiretapping for a period
f years. Attorney General
amsey' Clark requested J.
Mgar Hoover to give him a
\\%i of all cases in which iUe
gal evidence had been ob-
iained by wiretapping and’
lavcsdropplng. Clark wanted
this so that he could ascertain
whether or not to proceed
with certain indictments,
f J, Edgar Hoover refused
(his request. He was polite'
about U; nevertheless catc-
oric. The Attorney General
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Baker Investigation. U The FBI It auppoted to bc ;|5 supposed to be the chief
The wliole buslnest also^ p,rt qI justice Depart- 1' xccutive of the Justice De-
ralses important questions vet the that Justice Vartment. but one of his sub-
gardin* the consUtutlonal rich l;! ... jhrdinalcs, J. Ertcar Hoover,
Of Americans to pmtcctionF>^P*r‘'"®"‘ officials had nev-»
from police sl*te method s.
The eavesdropping on Frcfij
Black^s rooms at the Carlton]
Hotel was obviously political
U involved political pals ot1
then Vice President Lsmdnd
Johnson, Including the latrj
Sen. Bob Kerr of Oklahoma i
Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma
the Democratic Floor I>eader;
Repa Gerald Ford, the Repub-
lican Floor Leader; James
Webb, head of the National
Space Agency. Finally, the taps
included the activities of Bob-
by Baker. Nothing ttimed up
to connect Vice Prcsidentl
Johnson n^ilh Baker'a oper-
aiioiia, Baker^a gift
of • hift set for Chriatinga
icr before seen a raw FBI file
Imply Ignored his order. He
ountcred that the
cives some indication of the \jcncral
Attorney
give him a list ot
power accumula (ed by the FBI leases In which he was Inter*
and the po.sslbUlty that it Is^tcd, then he. Hoover, would
^ Icll the Attorney Generali
whether wiretaps had been
becoming similar to some of
the police bureaus of Europe,
such as the "Deuxieme Bu-
reau** of Paris.
The Deuxieme Bureau has
long been known as more pow-
erful than any French political
figure because of its KnowV
edge of the private lives
cabinet officials and members
of the Chamber of Deputies.
The power to inform,
power to eavesdrop, and the
power to operate without hav-
ing funds double-checked by
i*hc Washing ion Post
Times Herald _
C 'IS
rhe Washington Daily ^c^s'S
rhe F-vening Star (WashinRton)
l-hc Sunday Star (Washinsioo) ^
Daily News fNcw York!
Sunday News (New York)
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used to collect the evidence,
(fBI Lotibying
This necessitated exhaust ivr,
The New York Hmes
riie Sun (HaUimorc) _
The Worker
Tl^c New Leader
^reparation of a list of cases;
FBI. A lot of work
have been saved had
request been honored.
recently J. Edgar
has sent some of his
men up to the Senate to lobby
a g a i n s t the ^^eclmc^the-
sfcreeta- bill. He^"WftRa the
(■be Wall Slrrci loumal
llic National Ohsi:rver.
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